Saturday, October 29, 2011

Is there Cable News Bias? Are you kidding?

Is there bias in cable news media? 







There seems to be this general consensus that CNN is the neutral network but Fox leans right and MSNBC leans left. I think this is completely wrong. I believe the perception of neutral needs to be re-calibrated in the media. Here is an example about what I mean. 


The Bias Scale (How it should be)

LEFT---------------------------------|-------------------------------RIGHT
                                           ACTUAL
                                          NEUTRAL
The Bias Scale (How it is today)

                  PERCEIVED
LEFT--------NEUTRAL--------|---------------------------------RIGHT                     
                                           ACTUAL
                                          NEUTRAL

Now its easier to understand how the footage above from CNN exist yet still promote a widespread believe that CNN is in the middle. It also makes sense why people would believe that FoxNews is so extreme right-winged because look at how far it is from the "Perceived Neutral" position. It also explains why MSNBC is attacked less for being extreme that Fox News. 

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